{"id":70011,"date":"2025-05-08T14:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T02:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=70011"},"modified":"2025-07-28T20:59:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T08:59:40","slug":"luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/","title":{"rendered":"Luxon Government passes kiwi killing bill under urgency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.govt.nz\/bill\/government\/2025\/0146\/latest\/whole.html\">The amendment to the Wildlife Act<\/a>, New Zealand\u2019s foundational wildlife protection law, was passed under urgency today and allows the Director-General of Conservation to grant companies permission to kill kiwi and other native wildlife if they get in the way of projects like roads, mines or dams.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace says it\u2019s the latest escalation in the Luxon Government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/luxons-fast-track-war-on-nature\/\">war on nature<\/a> and is calling for the immediate repeal of the amendment and for the Government to strengthen, not weaken, protections for the country\u2019s endangered wildlife.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThis will go down in history as the moment the New Zealand Government decided that roads and coal mines needed protection from skinks and kiwi, instead of the other way around,\u201d says Greenpeace spokesperson Gen Toop.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re talking about our national icon &#8211; the kiwi &#8211; being put on the chopping block so a company can build a road faster. That is not who we are as a country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cWe are a country revered internationally for bringing species like the k\u0101k\u0101p\u014d back from the brink of extinction. But we\u2019re about to go from revered to reviled for making a law explicitly allowing big business to kill endangered wildlife for profit,\u201d says Toop.<\/p>\n\n<p>All three stages of the Bill were heard under urgency this morning, with Greenpeace likening the move to Trumpian style politics.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cLegalising killing kiwi is Trumpian style environmental vandalism. The Luxon Government clearly knows how deeply unpopular this is. It\u2019s why they have rushed it through parliament under urgency with no chance for public input or scrutiny,\u201d says Toop.<\/p>\n\n<p>According to the latest Environment Aotearoa report, nearly 80% of the country\u2019s native birds are threatened with extinction or at risk of becoming threatened, along with 94% of indigenous reptiles. There\u2019s only one native frog left out of 14 that is <strong>not <\/strong>threatened with extinction.<\/p>\n\n<p>&#8220;Luxon\u2019s Government just signed a death warrant for native wildlife already on the brink of extinction. And once they\u2019re gone, they\u2019re gone for good,&#8221; says Toop.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThis Government have been waging a war on nature since day one. They\u2019ve steamrolled environmental protections with the fast track approvals act, they\u2019re trying to reverse the oil and gas ban, they plan to dismantle the RMA, and now they have literally legalised killing kiwi.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The law change comes after a landmark High Court decision in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eli.org.nz\/cases\/mt-messenger-win\">the case<\/a> of the Environmental Law Initiative v The Director-General of the Department of Conservation (DOC) and others. The case challenged DOC\u2019s decision to grant Waka Kotahi permission to kill wildlife during construction of the Mt Messenger Bypass in Taranaki.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The Judge ruled that the permit was unlawful, upending years of DOC\u2019s practice of granting permits which authorised the killing of wildlife under the Wildlife Act.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<section\n\t\t\tclass=\"boxout   sticky-bottom-mobile collapse show\"\n\t\t\tid=\"action-card\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Image\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"cover-card-overlay\"\n\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/donate.act.greenpeace.org.nz\/donate?&amp;content_code=gpao.wildlifeact.eappeal&amp;cam=701On00000FCpYTIA1\" \n\t\t\t><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/05\/b99b5541-at-risk-2.png\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 358px, (min-width: 780px) 313px, 88px\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"\" title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n            \t\t\t<div class=\"boxout-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"boxout-heading medium\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Title\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/donate.act.greenpeace.org.nz\/donate?&amp;content_code=gpao.wildlifeact.eappeal&amp;cam=701On00000FCpYTIA1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPlease donate now\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"boxout-excerpt\">Will you consider donating today to help Greenpeace defend NZ wildlife like the kiwi?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t                                    <a\n                        class=\"btn btn-primary\"\n                        data-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n                        data-ga-action=\"Call to Action\"\n                        data-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n                        href=\"https:\/\/donate.act.greenpeace.org.nz\/donate?&amp;content_code=gpao.wildlifeact.eappeal&amp;cam=701On00000FCpYTIA1\"\n                        \n                    >\n                        Donate\n                    <\/a>\n                \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"not-now\"\n\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"#action-card\"\n\t\t\t\t><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The amendment to the Wildlife Act, New Zealand\u2019s foundational wildlife protection law, was passed under urgency today and allows the Director-General of Conservation to grant companies permission to kill kiwi&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":70012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_planet4_optimize_post_is_variant":false,"_planet4_optimize_experiment_name":"","_planet4_optimize_variant_name":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"","p4_local_project":"","p4_basket_name":"","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[41],"p4-page-type":[7],"class_list":["post-70011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greenpeace","tag-biodiversity","p4-page-type-press-release"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Luxon Government passes kiwi killing bill under urgency<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Luxon Government passes kiwi killing bill under urgency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The amendment to the Wildlife Act, New Zealand\u2019s foundational wildlife protection law, was passed under urgency today and allows the Director-General of Conservation to grant companies permission to kill kiwi&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Greenpeace Aotearoa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greenpeace.nz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-08T02:06:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-28T08:59:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/07\/c4be897c-war-on-nature-udpated.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1050\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"590\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Gen Toop\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@GreenpeaceNZ\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@GreenpeaceNZ\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Gen Toop\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Gen Toop\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/#\/schema\/person\/db2aef16a3552238ecc27eb3f314094f\"},\"headline\":\"Luxon Government passes kiwi killing bill under urgency\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-08T02:06:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-28T08:59:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/\"},\"wordCount\":474,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/05\/c4be897c-war-on-nature-udpated.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Biodiversity\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Greenpeace\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/\",\"name\":\"Luxon Government passes kiwi killing bill under urgency\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/05\/c4be897c-war-on-nature-udpated.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-08T02:06:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-28T08:59:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/#\/schema\/person\/db2aef16a3552238ecc27eb3f314094f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/05\/c4be897c-war-on-nature-udpated.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/05\/c4be897c-war-on-nature-udpated.jpg\",\"width\":1050,\"height\":590,\"caption\":\"The amendment to the Wildlife Act, New Zealand\u2019s foundational wildlife protection law, was passed under urgency today and allows the Director-General of Conservation to grant companies permission to kill kiwi and other native wildlife if they get in the way of projects like roads, mines or dams.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Luxon Government passes kiwi killing bill under urgency\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/\",\"name\":\"Greenpeace Aotearoa\",\"description\":\"Our mission is to ensure Earth\u2019s ability to nurture life in all its diversity.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/#\/schema\/person\/db2aef16a3552238ecc27eb3f314094f\",\"name\":\"Gen Toop\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc1cb153327ebaa89c2ce6558a4763864593fe63a9a798daef4d66603ee6f05f?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc1cb153327ebaa89c2ce6558a4763864593fe63a9a798daef4d66603ee6f05f?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Gen Toop\"},\"description\":\"Gen Toop is a Senior Policy Adviser for Greenpeace Aotearoa. She has a Masters in Environmental Science from Lincoln University and has been an advocate for nature and the climate for 20 years. She has worked with Greenpeace Aotearoa since 2014 and has held a wide range of roles, including serving on the Board of Directors. She was part of the campaign to end deep sea oil drilling before leading Greenpeace Aotearoa\u2019s agriculture campaign. Gen has a record of successful campaigning against large-scale irrigation schemes, the overuse of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser and agrichemical use. She is now leading Greenpeace\u2019s response to the Coalition Government's war on nature.\",\"honorificPrefix\":\"Ms\",\"jobTitle\":\"Senior Campaigner\",\"worksFor\":\"Greenpeace Aotearoa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/author\/gtoop\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Luxon Government passes kiwi killing bill under urgency","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Luxon Government passes kiwi killing bill under urgency","og_description":"The amendment to the Wildlife Act, New Zealand\u2019s foundational wildlife protection law, was passed under urgency today and allows the Director-General of Conservation to grant companies permission to kill kiwi&hellip;","og_url":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/","og_site_name":"Greenpeace Aotearoa","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greenpeace.nz","article_published_time":"2025-05-08T02:06:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-28T08:59:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1050,"height":590,"url":"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/07\/c4be897c-war-on-nature-udpated.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Gen Toop","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@GreenpeaceNZ","twitter_site":"@GreenpeaceNZ","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Gen Toop","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/"},"author":{"name":"Gen Toop","@id":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/#\/schema\/person\/db2aef16a3552238ecc27eb3f314094f"},"headline":"Luxon Government passes kiwi killing bill under urgency","datePublished":"2025-05-08T02:06:08+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-28T08:59:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/"},"wordCount":474,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/05\/c4be897c-war-on-nature-udpated.jpg","keywords":["Biodiversity"],"articleSection":["Greenpeace"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/","url":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/","name":"Luxon Government passes kiwi killing bill under urgency","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/05\/c4be897c-war-on-nature-udpated.jpg","datePublished":"2025-05-08T02:06:08+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-28T08:59:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/#\/schema\/person\/db2aef16a3552238ecc27eb3f314094f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/05\/c4be897c-war-on-nature-udpated.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/05\/c4be897c-war-on-nature-udpated.jpg","width":1050,"height":590,"caption":"The amendment to the Wildlife Act, New Zealand\u2019s foundational wildlife protection law, was passed under urgency today and allows the Director-General of Conservation to grant companies permission to kill kiwi and other native wildlife if they get in the way of projects like roads, mines or dams."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxon-government-passes-kiwi-killing-bill-under-urgency\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Luxon Government passes kiwi killing bill under urgency"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/","name":"Greenpeace Aotearoa","description":"Our mission is to ensure Earth\u2019s ability to nurture life in all its diversity.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/#\/schema\/person\/db2aef16a3552238ecc27eb3f314094f","name":"Gen Toop","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc1cb153327ebaa89c2ce6558a4763864593fe63a9a798daef4d66603ee6f05f?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc1cb153327ebaa89c2ce6558a4763864593fe63a9a798daef4d66603ee6f05f?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Gen Toop"},"description":"Gen Toop is a Senior Policy Adviser for Greenpeace Aotearoa. She has a Masters in Environmental Science from Lincoln University and has been an advocate for nature and the climate for 20 years. She has worked with Greenpeace Aotearoa since 2014 and has held a wide range of roles, including serving on the Board of Directors. She was part of the campaign to end deep sea oil drilling before leading Greenpeace Aotearoa\u2019s agriculture campaign. Gen has a record of successful campaigning against large-scale irrigation schemes, the overuse of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser and agrichemical use. She is now leading Greenpeace\u2019s response to the Coalition Government's war on nature.","honorificPrefix":"Ms","jobTitle":"Senior Campaigner","worksFor":"Greenpeace Aotearoa","url":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/author\/gtoop\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70011"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72935,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70011\/revisions\/72935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70011"},{"taxonomy":"p4-page-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/p4-page-type?post=70011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}